Weekend loadshedding schedule starting Friday, 5 January 2024

Here's a look at this weekend's loadshedding schedule.

stage 6 loadshedding

Eskom published the weekend loadshedding schedule starting on Friday, which forecasts reduced outages.

UPDATE: On Sunday, 7 January 2024, Eskom made changes to the loadshedding schedule. See the updated schedule below.


Weekend loadshedding schedule starting Friday, 5 January 2024

On Monday, 1 January 2023, Eskom kicked off the new year with the return of patterned outages, switching between Stage 2 during the day, and Stage 3 in the evenings.

Barring any unexpected changes necessitated by unplanned breakdowns at Megawatt Park’s ailing generation fleet, loadshedding should maintain this pattern.

Here’s a look at the provisional weekend loadshedding schedule starting Friday, 5 January 2024:

DateMorning Peak
(05:00 – 10:00)
Afternoon Peak
(10:00 – 16:00)
Evening Peak
(16:00 – 05:00)
Friday
5 Jan 2024
Stage 2Stage 2Stage 3
Saturday
6 Jan 2024
Stage 1SuspendedStage 2*
Sunday
7 Jan 2024
SuspendedSuspendedSuspended*
*Loadshedding schedule subject to change at short notice. Changes are highlighted in bold.

Update on breakdowns and available capacity

The last state of the power system update was on Monday, 1 January 2024. At the time, Eskom reported more than 16 231MW of generation capacity lost to breakdowns, with an additional 8 451MW offline due to several units placed out of commission for planned maintenance.

Here is a snapshot of Eskom’s energy availability, observed from the evening peak period of Wednesday, 3 January 2024: